Posts Tagged ‘awakening heart’

Today…

Grateful that BEAUTY exists and that I am able to see and experience BEAUTY.

 

Gratitude Day 2 at the Awaken Studio Toronto www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Gratitude Day 2 at the Awaken Studio Toronto
http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Although it seems that there is sadness in so many parts of the world.

My search for BEAUTY helps me in my struggle against depression. Actively seeking out BEAUTY helps to keep me alive.

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh

Gratitude Day 1 at the Awaken Studio Toronto www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Gratitude Day 1 at the Awaken Studio Toronto
http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

 

  • Beginning and sharing a journey into gratitude
  • Inspired by the Super Moon of last night
  • Inspired by the world around me
  • Join me in offering gratitude
  • 365 days of gratitude and seeing what this will bring in the journey

Monday August 11 – Day 1

 

Join in all the great programs events and classes at the Awaken Studio Toronto

Experiential Embodied Erotic Explorations involving Touch, Talk, Breathe and Movement

Men transform and ascend to a state of powerful, peaceful, joyful and ecstatic transcendence.

Programs & Events Fall 2014 Early Winter 2015 2014 Awaken Studio Toronto www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Programs & Events
Fall 2014
Early Winter 2015
2014
Awaken Studio Toronto
http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

  • Weekly Evening Classes
    • Naked Yoga for all Men Tuesday Evenings 8:00 to 9:30
    • Orgasmic Energy Explorations for Men Thursday Evenings 8:00 to 9:30
  • Wednesday Evenings Monthly 7:00 to 10:00
    • Tantra Explorers-First Wednesday
    • Touch Practice-Second Wednesday
    • Kinky PLAY-Third Wednesday
  • Saturday Afternoons Monthly 1:00 to 5:00
    • Let’s TALK about SEX-Second Saturday
    • Exquisite Connections-Third Saturday
    • Self PLeasure Principles-Fourth Saturday
  • Sunday Afternoons Monthly  1:00 to 6:00
    • Erotic Touch with Taoist Massage-Third Sunday
    • Sensual Experience with Tantric Exploration-Fourth Saturday
  • Queer HEART Radical Community
    • Queer Heart Talking Circle-Second Sunday 1:00 to 5:30
    • Queer Heart Queer Culture-Random Friday Evenings after 7:00

 

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Awaken Studio Fall 2014 Events and Programs for Men who LOVE and Have SEX with Men www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Awaken Studio Fall 2014 Events and Programs for Men who LOVE and Have SEX with Men http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

 

 

Starting a morning practice of LOVE.

-♥-

This morning as I woke up and got ready for the day I noticed that something was a little off. I was in a hurry, I was anxious, I was distracted.

I realized that over the past while I had dropped a practice. I had stopped doing something that I had very much enjoyed doing.

I began again. I simply looked closer at the day and with each thought of the day looked to how I could bring more LOVE to that part of my day.

How could I BE more LOVE?

How could I bring more LOVE?

How could I deliver more LOVE?

How could I create more LOVE?

When I got to the idea that I am simply a creature of LOVE I was able to relax, slow down, and concentrate more.

Looking forward to bringing back my morning practice of looking at LOVE.

-♥-

When you arise
in the morning,
think of what a precious
privilege it is to be alive
to breathe, to think,
to enjoy, to love.
~Marcus Aurelius

Bringing more LOVE to the world www.phillipcoupal.ca

Bringing more LOVE to the world http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

Naked Yoga for Men at the Awaken Studio Toronto

Tuesday July 29, 2014 8:00pm to 9:30pm with Gregory Saliba

We will resume Tuesday September 16, 2014.

Tonight, the 29th of July marks the end of  four cycles of this Yoga series. Grateful for all of the men who have come out to share their practice. Inspired by the teachers Andy Sinclair and Gregory Saliba. Join us in September as we start again. You are welcome to join in for the ten week series or you are welcome to drop in as you are able. All Men are welcome.

Naked Yoga for Men Toronto Current Schedule http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto All Men are Welcome

Naked Yoga for Men Toronto Current Schedule http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto All Men are Welcome

 

Awaken Studio Toronto Naked Yoga for Men Tuesday 8:00 pm www.phillipcoupal.ca

Awaken Studio Toronto
Naked Yoga for Men Tuesday 8:00 pm http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

When you start to crack open, don’t waste

a moment gathering your old self up

into something like you knew before.

Let your new self splash like sunlight

into every dark place and laugh and

cry and make sounds you never made

and thank all that is holy for the gift,

because now you have no choice but to

let all your love spill out into the world.

 

Phillip Coupal Couynselling + Coaching + Bodywork www.phillipcoupal.ca

Phillip Coupal Couynselling + Coaching + Bodywork http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

 

 

Sharing my Practice Today

Today amid the maelstrom of media and the currents of fear floating around me, I find that I must meditate and flow into my heart.

Flowing into and opening my heart I can find the spot that is away from the sadness, fear and anger and fan the flames around the place in my heart that is full of love.

From this place in my heart I can find myself in a more neutral territory.

From this more neutral territory I can find the place to offer a kind ear, a loving hand, compassionate care and joyful empathy.

 

www.phillipcoupal.ca Counselling + Coaching + Bodywork Creating Sanctuary and Refuge for all men Awaken Studio

http://www.phillipcoupal.ca Counselling + Coaching + Bodywork Creating Sanctuary and Refuge for all men Awaken Studio

The Ecstatic Path

“You have to keep breaking
your heart until it opens.”
~ Rumi

Awaken Studio Toronto A Sanctuary for Safe, Wholesome and Uplifting Erotic Expression - www.phillipcoupal.ca

Awaken Studio Toronto
A Sanctuary for Safe, Wholesome and Uplifting Erotic Expression – http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

When you SMILE the world SMILES back.

ENJOY

Phillip Coupal practicing at the Awaken Studio in Toronto

Awaken Studio Fall 2014 Events and Programs for Men who LOVE and Have SEX with Men www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Awaken Studio Fall 2014 Events and Programs for Men who LOVE and Have SEX with Men http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Yoga tonight was a wonderful experiment and a lovely flow into the body as well as spirit. With Breath, movement, stretch and focusing in… the body and spirit opens.  -♥-

The class for me, was an emotional voyage as I can feel the Awaken Studio becoming a Temple, Sanctuary, a Tabernacle for spirit. There is something for me that is very special as we who gather, create: space, community and synergistic QUEER energy that can bring PEACE to the world and PEACE to the individuals who share practice, community and space together. -♥-

PROUD that we welcomed a man who is both deaf and blind. What a wonderful powerful moment. Welcoming a man who has never felt a part of. Honouring him and being gifted by him as we all shared space and practice. -♥-

I am so glad that the Awaken Studio can welcome so much diversity. I am so glad and I am so gifted the the men of youth and the men of age, the men of colour and the men of big and the men of small, the men of short and the men of tall. All men are welcome and when all me gather we can create MAGIC. I am so glad that we can all gather peacefully together. -♥-


Thanks to out leader, Gregory Saliba for sharing his gifts and his light.  -♥-

I know that I will certainly sleep more peacefully tonight.-♥-

-♥-

Awaken Studio Toronto Naked Yoga for Men Tuesday 8:00 pm www.phillipcoupal.ca

Awaken Studio Toronto
Naked Yoga for Men Tuesday 8:00 pm http://www.phillipcoupal.ca